New Research Shows Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise
"The first nationwide study on rising temperatures and younger Americans found that hotter days were associated with more visits to emergency rooms."
Source: NYTimes, 01/21/2022
People & Population
Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas
As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells
With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.
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"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado"
"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."
Source: NYTimes, 01/10/2022
Over 40% of Americans Live In Counties Hit By Climate Disasters In 2021
"More than 4 in 10 Americans live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations, and more than 80 percent experienced a heat wave."
Source: Washington Post, 01/07/2022
"Biden To Tour Damage From Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire"
"U.S. President Joe Biden was due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing thousands of residents."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2022
"Famed Fossil Hunter And Conservationist Richard Leakey Dies At 77"
"Richard Leakey, the world-renowned paleoanthropologist-turned-conservationist, has died at 77."
Source: NPR, 01/04/2022
"E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92"
"Edward O. Wilson, a biologist and author who conducted pioneering work on biodiversity, insects and human nature — and won two Pulitzer Prizes along the way — died on Sunday in Burlington, Mass. He was 92."
Source: NYTimes, 01/03/2022
Ecologist Thomas Lovejoy, Who Urged Preserving Amazon Rainforest, Dies
"Thomas E. Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest and educating Washington policymakers and the public about the dangers of climate change, died Dec. 25 at his home in McLean, Va. He was 80."
Source: Washington Post, 01/03/2022
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